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Burger was not troubled by the argument that because no one has proved pornography harmful, states have no right to prohibit it. "Although there is no conclusive proof of a connection between antisocial behavior and obscene material," said Burger, a legislature "could quite reasonably determine that such a connection does or might exist." Obscenity, Burger added, has never been protected by the First Amendment. Thus there is no constitutional problem-which leaves states free to protect "the quality of life and the total community environment, the tone of commerce in the great city centers and, possibly, the public safety itself...
...cannot bring criminal charges. The IRS investigation, which could result in criminal prosecution, reportedly covers much of the same ground as the SEC complaint and also looks into the possibility that Smith-controlled firms made contributions to Nixon's 1972 campaign, in violation of federal laws that prohibit corporate political gifts...
Only time will tell what the railroads can do to cut through the maze of Government and union rules (for example, laws that prohibit rail crews from working more than twelve hours a day even with overtime) that prevent the most efficient use of cars. A consortium of railroaders, union leaders, elevator operators and farm economists who met at the Grain Movement '73 Conference in Chicago last week placed most of the blame for the jam on the Federal Government for overloading the rails with the Russian grain. They think new laws are needed to modernize and better coordinate...
...Liddy, the man who was convicted as the supposed ringleader of the breakin. Presently ensconced in the D.C. jail, where he is known to the other inmates affectionately as "Watergate" Liddy, the former FBI agent and New York state prosecutor has become a much-in-demand jailhouse lawyer. Regulations prohibit him from actually writing writs and petitions for others, but he can and does offer legal advice as a critic and counselor. He will be able to continue providing such informal legal services throughout his up-to-20-years prison sentence...
...mind of the defendant" that the official conduct becomes unacceptable. Potter Stewart, William Brennan, William Douglas and Thurgood Marshall constituted a dismayed minority. As Stewart said: "The purpose of the entrapment defense cannot be to protect persons who are 'otherwise innocent.' Rather, it must be to prohibit unlawful governmental activity in instigating crime." The focus, in other words, should be not on the defendant but "on the conduct of the undercover Government agent." A friend-of-the-court brief filed in the Russell case by the A.C.L.U. had contended that the rule against entrapment had not stopped undercover...